HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method is as much a philosophy as it is a technique.
The concept of HypnoBirthing® is not new, but rather a “rebirth”
of the philosophy of birthing as it existed thousands of years ago and as it
was recaptured in the work of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, an English obstetrician,
who, in the 1920s, was one of the first to forward the concept of natural birthing.
The method teaches you that, in the absence of fear and tension, or special
medical circumstances, severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labor.You
will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony--as
they were designed to--when your body is sufficiently relaxed and you trust
birth. You will learn how to achieve this kind of relaxation, free of the resistance
that fear creates, and you will learn to use your natural birthing instincts
for a calm, serene and comfortable birth.When you have your baby with HypnoBirthing®,
you will not be in a trance or a sleep. What you will experience is similar
to the daydreaming, or focusing, that occurs when you are engrossed in a book
or a movie or staring into a fire. You will be conversant and in good spirits--totally
relaxed, but fully in control. Awake throughout, you will be aware of your body’s
surges and your baby’s progress; but because you will have trained yourself
to reach complete relaxation, you will be able to determine the degree and the
manner in which you will feel the surges. You will experience birthing in an
atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear that prevents the muscles of
your body from functioning as nature intended them to. In this calm state, your
body’s natural relaxant, endorphins, replaces the stress hormones that
constrict and cause pain. Trained HypnoBirthing® educators are successfully
teaching women and their birthing companions to trust birth and release all
fear and limiting thoughts. HypnoBirthing® practitioners can be found in
27 countries throughout the world. Why Become a HypnoBirthing® Practitioner-Becoming
a HypnoBirthing practitioner will add a whole new dimension to your life. Today,
more than ever before, people are attracted to the HypnoBirthing Practitioner
Certification Program because of the satisfaction that teaching this program
and working with young families is bringing into their lives. An even greater
attraction for practitioners is seeing the impact that the HypnoBirthing philosophy
of calm and gentle birthing is having on a large majority of low-risk women
who are coming to realize that birth is about them and their babies. Through
weekly pre-natal classes, instructors are helping families to reclaim birth
as their own. HypnoBirthing gives them the confidence to birth, free of any
unnecessary interventions that can move the experience out of the realm of normal
and thrust it into the arena of medicalization. Practitioners who were, or are,
Labor and Birthing nurses talk about the feeling of fulfillment that they have
in attending births where empowered women trust birth and trust the female human
body to be able to birth normally and with ease. Doulas revel in the fact that
they are able to leave births on a natural high that remains with them for hours,
and sometimes days. Mothers who birthed with HypnoBirthing broadcast the joy
and accomplishment they feel, and they seem compelled to teach these skills
to as many people as will listen. Doctors who respect families and the miracle
of birth are happy to find the rational means of attending births, rather than
managing births. We could fill pages with the many reasons that practitioners
give for having become affiliated with HypnoBirthing, but it all comes down
to the HypnoBirthing belief that birth is natural, normal, and healthy, and
that women were created to conceive, nurture and birth babies. Birth is intended
to be experienced with dignity and reverence. Practitioners are inspired to
carry this message to birthing families in 27 countries of the world. What is
HypnoBirthing? HypnoBirthing is a childbirth method that focuses on preparing
parents for gentle birth. In HypnoBirthing classes, you will learn proven techniques
in a well-thought-out program of deep relaxation, visualization, and self-hypnosis.
All of these are designed to help you achieve a more comfortable birth. HypnoBirthing
encourages a calm, peaceful, and natural pregnancy, birth, and bonding experience
for families. How does HypnoBirthing differ from other childbirth preparation
methods? Unlike other childbirth methods that teach you how to cope with and
manage pain, HypnoBirthing is based on the premise that childbirth does not
necessarily need to be painful if the mother is properly prepared and relaxed.
When women understand that pain is caused by constrictor hormones, created by
fear, they learn, instead, to release fear thus creating endorphins—the
feel good hormones. They are then able to change their expectations of long,
painful labor and are able to replace them with expectations of a more comfortable
birthing. Rather than exhausting, shallow breathing and the distraction techniques
of typical “prepared childbirth” programs, HypnoBirthing parents
learn deep abdominal breathing and total relaxation, enabling the laboring mother
to work in harmony with her body and her baby. This allows her to achieve a
shorter and more comfortable labor for herself and baby. How is the Birth Companion
involved? The Birth Companion of the mother’s choice is an integral part
of the HypnoBirthing experience. He or she practices with the mother in helping
to prepare for deep relaxation. During labor the Birth Companion guides the
laboring mother through hypnosis prompts, relaxation techniques, deepening methods,
and visualizations, provides comfort measures, and joins in welcoming the new
baby, often by receiving the baby as he emerges. Will I be unconscious or will
I remember my birth experience? Despite misconceptions and misinformation, you
are definitely not unconscious during self-hypnosis. The HypnoBirthing mother
is deeply relaxed, but she is also an active participant in the labor process.
Though she is deeply relaxed, she is totally aware and may return to a conversant
state or choose to become mobile whenever she desires. HypnoBirthing mothers
often find that they experience time distortion and are not distracted by other
people or their birthing environment, while they focus on their birthing and
their baby. Will HypnoBirthing be useful to me if I don’t opt for a natural
childbirth or if circumstances necessitate medical intervention or a surgical
birth? Absolutely. The things you will learn in your HypnoBirthing classes will
help you to learn relaxation skills that will be useful to both you and your
baby, regardless of your birth experience. In the event that medical intervention
of any sort is needed, you will find yourself better able to remain calm and
in control. Mothers who have needed scheduled cesareans for medical reasons
report that they were totally relaxed before, during and after the procedure.
Many report that they needed little or no medication following the birth, and
they were able to return to normal functioning in a very short period of time.
Is it true that I will experience a pain-free birth with HypnoBirthing? HypnoBirthing
does not promise painless birthing, though many HypnoBirthing mothers do report
having a relatively pain-free birth or one that they were able to manage easily.
When the cause of pain--fear that constricts the birthing muscles—is eliminated,
birthing can be accomplished in a shorter period and much more comfortably.
A relaxed mother’s body will produce more endorphins, nature’s own
relaxants. HypnoBirthing mothers may still experience sensations of tightening
or pressure; but most describe their birth experience as working with their
body through the sensations, and thus avoiding the excruciating pain that is
frequently spoken of by women who choose other methods of preparation for birthing.
What if my doctor/midwife is not familiar with HypnoBirthing? Can I still use
this method and how can my healthcare providers help me to achieve my HypnoBirthing
goals? More and more care providers are becoming aware of the benefits of HypnoBirthing.
Many hospitals offer HypnoBirthing as an option in their childbirth education
programs, and HypnoBirthing is now taught in some schools of medicine to student
doctors. If your care giver is not knowledgeable about HypnoBirthing, take the
opportunity early in your pregnancy to discuss the techniques you will be using
and the type of calm birthing environment that you desire. In class, you will
learn how to create a plan of Birth Preferences, which will help you to communicate
your birthing goals and preferences to your doctor or midwife. Also, your HypnoBirthing
instructor will contact your provider with information on HypnoBirthing. Stansted
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